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UN Review of Convention Against Torture in UK
02 October 2018 | News
... including: prisons, policing and intelligence services; health and social care including such issues as detention, ... on this project with help from organisations including Disability Rights UK, Liberty, Freedom from Torture, ...
Two Board Meetings in three days for our Hertfordshire Champion!
15 June 2017 | News
... up new job opportunities for people with disabilities and health conditions. On Thursday the 15 th of June, the pair ...
Personal budgets trials for Access to Work
01 February 2016 | News
... disabled people who have received grants to decide exactly how and when the money can best be used to support their ... to support more disabled people into work - 12 March 2015. Disability Rights UK has worked with other Disabled ... personal budgets – so disabled people can decide how best to use the money. We hope this will move from ...
DWP helplines open for longer, GSI being phased out
05 March 2019 | News
... 7.30pm Monday to Friday for the following helplines: DLA (Disability Living Allowance) DLA (Disability Living Allowance) Child IIDB (Industrial Injuries ...
Report highlights accessible play area concerns
08 August 2013 | News
... To celebrate Playday 2013, KIDS wanted to examine how inclusive play for disabled children has progressed over ... 900 people working across play and leisure provision and disability services in England, found that although ... Disability Rights UK has worked with KIDs on Making it ...
Minister for Disabled People affirms importance of engagement with DPOs
24 February 2022 | News
... number of DPOs (Disabled People’s Organisations) from the Disability Rights UK Our Voices group met with the Minister ... said that she wanted to hear what was missing from the Disability Strategy. She also said that the recent court ... stakeholder engagement. The DPOs at the meeting included Disability Rights UK, Disability Positive, Disability ...
Organisations Petition For More Inclusive Parliamentary Environment
13 March 2024 | News
... Speech and Language Therapists, the Michael Palin Centre, Disability Rights UK and the Co-op as well as STAMMA Patron, ... difference. We want Parliament to hold a debate to examine how they debate, and whether name calling, jeering and ... who believe they've been discriminated against because of how they talk. Through our Advocacy Service, which we ...
Over 260,000 disabled people waiting for DWP benefit assessments
10 May 2020 | News
... the DWP in response to a parliamentary written question show that as of 27 April there were 166,630 PIP claimants ... on ESA claims. The shocking backlog has been caused by DWP disability benefit staff being transferred to deal with the ... Disabled people have extra costs as a result of their disability. Already, disabled adults are four times worse ...
DR UK condemns Philip Hammond's comments on disabled people's productivity
06 December 2017 | News
Chancellor blames poor productivity blamed on disabled people.
At Wednesday’s Treasury Select Committee Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond MP, in answer to a question about the cause of poor productivity implied that the UK’s poor productivity levels were the result of disabled people in the workforce.
He said:
Inclusive Practice: Disability and School Careers Advice, Information and Guidance
15 January 2019 | News
Disability Rights UK offered free one-day training days ... was for those who wished to develop their understanding of disability equality and enhance their skills to support ... guidance and careers planning. Inclusive Practice: Disability and School Careers Advice, Information and ...